Playing since launch I've always enjoyed Assault. The recent buffs to blocking (in particular the CS) and the buffs to the PF are great IMO. The problem I'm having is I find the two of them now very easily outshine the TH. For me the block CS is a great all rounder and the PF in general is now solid in any situation since you can close the gap easier as assault without needing repeat evade attacks/using JP dodge. Given that these two also seem to have shorter/faster attack animations, I feel that they are more synergistic with the assault's dodge related perks and builds.

Personally, the pros of the other two weapons make me steer clear of the TH on higher difficulties because without putting in a lot of effort they feel way easier and more rewarding to use. The TH remains sluggish and short ranged. When you also consider your choices in block weapons also, the TH feels like a non runner to me considering that the initial swing (light and heavy) take that long to connect you are more than likely getting interrupted before the attack can land.

I feel like a swing speed/reach/damage buff could assist with this because at the moment I find the only use for TH is block ground pound builds.

All it really needs is the ability to dodge-cancel the swings. I cannot tell you the number of times I have been mid-swing only for a warrior to start an orange attack I can do nothing about but eat because I had just swung at them. That or massively increased stagger/ignore the hidden stagger immune state enemies get after you stagger them.

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Shining_Darkness wrote:

All it really needs is the ability to dodge-cancel the swings. I cannot tell you the number of times I have been mid-swing only for a warrior to start an orange attack I can do nothing about but eat because I had just swung at them. That or massively increased stagger/ignore the hidden stagger immune state enemies get after you stagger them.

Cannot agree with you more on this and forgot to mention it myself.